Group Fitness

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Join us for classes with high energy instructors that suit a variety of goals! From boosting academic performance to optimizing health, group fitness offers community support and premium class formats to enhance your self-care and take your fitness to new heights.

Group Fitness classes are held inside the Lerner Health & Wellness Center. Registration is required in advance for each class. Registration opens 3 days prior to class start time and closes 5 minutes prior to class start time.

Group Fitness classes will kick off for the fall semester on 8/25 with two weeks of free classes! The schedule is now posted and the pass is available for purchase!

GROUP FITNESS PASS RATES

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Barre

Discover your strength, flexibility, and balance with Barre! This dynamic workout combines elements of ballet, Pilates, and strength training to target every muscle group of the body. Using the barre for support, you'll flow through low-impact, high-intensity movements, combining small, precise movements with isometric holds to optimally challenge your core, improve posture, and build strength. No fitness or dance experience is required! Whether you're a beginner or fitness enthusiast, you'll leave feeling challenged, energized, and empowered.

Cycle

Experience the ultimate cycling workout with the cutting edge of fitness technology. Our sleek new ICG-6 bikes utilize personalized color zones to guide you through music-integrated workouts. Track your progress using the ICG app and leave feeling strong, energized, and accomplished after every ride. Come experience this new and improved way to spin and you'll never look back.

Dance Fitness

Turn your workout into a party! Our Dance Fitness class combines high-energy music with easy-to-follow moves that get your heart pumping, body moving, and mood soaring. Designed for all fitness levels, each session blends cardio, strength, and rhythm for a full-body workout that feels more like fun than exercise. Whether you’re looking to learn some new moves, get some cardio in, or just let loose, this class will leave you smiling, sweating, and wanting more.

Pilates Fusion

Join our Pilates Fusion class for a dynamic workout that blends the core-strengthening principles of Pilates with elements of yoga, barre, and functional fitness. This energizing class focuses on enhancing flexibility, stability, and balance while sculpting lean muscles through a series of controlled movements and exercises. Using a combination of bodyweight, resistance bands, and light weights, you’ll engage your core and improve your posture, all while getting a full-body workout. Suitable for all fitness levels, Pilates Fusion offers modifications and progressions to meet you where you are, ensuring you leave feeling centered, strong, and revitalized.

Power Yoga

Ignite your inner fire with our invigorating Power Yoga class, a dynamic blend of strength, flexibility, balance, and breathing practices. Flow through a series of powerful postures designed to elevate both your physical fitness and mental focus. Perfect for those looking to improve their fitness while cultivating mindfulness, this class offers a well-rounded experience that combines energizing standing poses, core-strengthening sequences, deep stretches, and challenging balance work- all set to upbeat music. This modern approach to yoga will leave you feeling both revitalized and relaxed, ready to take on whatever comes next.

Restorative Yoga

Whether you're looking to harmonize body, mind, and spirit, or simply gain flexibility and mobility, our yoga classes offer a warm and inviting space for you to take care of you. Flow through sequences of grounding and energizing poses to help you build physical and mental resilience while releasing tension from the body. Guided by experienced instructors, you’ll explore breathwork, alignment, and relaxation techniques that promote overall wellness and inner focus. Suitable for all levels, whether you’re new to yoga or deepening your practice, each session offers modifications to meet you where you are. Leave feeling centered, refreshed, and connected in body and mind.

Strength & Core

Build total-body strength and a strong core in our Strength & Core class! This dynamic workout combines resistance training and targeted core exercises to improve muscle tone, enhance stability, and boost overall fitness. You’ll use a mix of weights, bodyweight movements, and functional training techniques for a balanced and effective session.

Perfect for all fitness levels, this class focuses on controlled, purposeful movements to help you feel stronger and more confident in your daily life. Get ready to push your limits and leave feeling empowered and energized!

Vinyasa Yoga

Move, breathe, and flow in our Vinyasa Yoga class. This dynamic practice links breath with movement, guiding you through a series of poses in a smooth, continuous flow. With a focus on flexibility, strength, and mindfulness, Vinyasa yoga allows you to build heat and increase your range of motion while cultivating a deeper connection to your body and breath.

Perfect for all levels, this class will help improve your balance, reduce stress, and leave you feeling refreshed and centered. Whether you’re a seasoned yogi or new to the practice, come flow with us and feel the power of movement and breath working together!

Yoga Sculpt

Yoga Sculpt, a high-intensity, full-body workout that combines traditional yoga poses and philosophy of movement with resistance training. Using weights, resistance bands, and bodyweight exercises, you’ll flow through a series of dynamic sequences designed to tone muscles, improve flexibility, and elevate your heart rate.

Perfect for all fitness levels, this class challenges both your physical strength and mental focus, helping you build endurance, increase muscle definition, and improve balance. Get ready to sweat, sculpt, and feel empowered in every movement!

INSTRUCTOR BIOS

Alexandra Folleco

Alexandra Folleco is a GW alumna and instructor at Lerner. She grew up dancing in multiple styles and first got into group fitness by becoming a Zumba instructor. She has also taught cycling, barre, a free weights format, and pilates. Zumba is her favorite group fitness style as she is able to continue her love for dance while getting a good cardio and toning workout while having a blast. She hopes that participants who come to her class will love the diversity of Latin music and rhythms and forget they are breaking a sweat! Alexandra is always happy to connect with participants and take any song requests! See you in class! 

Brian Stamps

Hi, I’m Brian, and I’ve been teaching group fitness classes since my college days! Helping individuals achieve their fitness goals is my passion, and I love working with people of all experience levels. My specialties include HIIT and strength development, but I also bring a wide range of expertise with certifications in TRX, yoga, strength and conditioning, weightlifting, meditation, and personal training. I believe physical fitness is essential to a healthy lifestyle, and I strive to inspire others by leading through example. Whether you’re just starting your fitness journey or looking to take your training to the next level, I’m here to support and motivate you every step of the way!

Hanna Araya

Hi, my name is Hanna Araya. I am an undergraduate student studying International Affairs and International Business passionate about fitness. I love instructing classes and helping others on their fitness journey for the mental and physical benefits. My goal is to help you learn how to love exercise and to use it as an outlet, rather than a chore. I teach Barre and Strength & Core, which align with my background in gymnastics and weightlifting. Stop by a class anytime!

Jaiden Bluth

Hi, I’m Jaiden and I am a certified personal trainer and group fitness instructor. I am getting my BS/MPH in Nutrition Science, Emergency Health Services, and Community-Oriented Primary Care. I first began working in the fitness industry during COVID-19 in North Carolina while playing tennis and running track and cross country during high school and quickly fell in love with personal training and group fitness. My favorite class format to teach is low impact beat based workouts. I aim to create a space where you can leave the rest of your day at the door and find 45 minutes that are just about you! I hope that you leave my class feeling empowered, sweaty, and like a stronger version of yourself.

Katy Nazaretova

Hi all! My name is Yekaterina but I also go by Katy. I discovered my passion for movement at a young age through weekly ballet, tap, and jazz classes at a local dance studio in Washington state. I found yoga while looking for a similar sense of community and exercise in college and have continued practicing for over fifteen years. I completed 200-Hour Yoga Teacher training at Flow Yoga Center in 2024 and am dedicated to helping others navigate uncertainty by sharing the tools of yoga alignment, cultivating mindfulness, and exploring the connection between mind and body. My classes are a blend of Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Pranayama, and mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques.

Keileen Estrada

Keileen "Leen" Estrada (she/her) has been a certified 200-hour RYT since Oct. 2020. She is certified to teach Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga and has a strong passion for teaching others to have a better connection with their mind, body, and soul. She uses affirmations, intentions, visualizations, music, aroma therapy, and manifestations to promote an environment that is loving, accepting, reassuring, and nurturing for students to better express themselves through movement, breathwork, and mindfulness. 

Lyla Souccar

Hi, I’m Lyla! I’m a group fitness instructor teaching Cycle and Strength & Core classes. I’m currently studying Exercise Science and Emergency Health Services, and I fell in love with weightlifting and movement four years ago—it’s been my passion ever since. My classes are high-energy and designed to challenge you while keeping it fun. You’ll leave feeling stronger, more confident, and energized for the rest of your day. I’m always open to music requests, and I can’t wait to see you in class!

Olivia Bobrownicki

Unlike any other form of exercise, yoga demands both physical strength and mental calm. Each of my vinyasa classes brings a new sequence, a new meditative technique, a new essential oil, and a new challenge pose. My goal as your teacher is to continuously push the edge of your abilities as a yogi, whether it’s your first yoga class or your one hundredth. Hand balances are my passion- they’re a special challenge I’ll delicately and slowly incorporate into our classes together. We will stretch and breathe and strengthen our bodies, as we reach a final state of restorative calm.

Olivia Parker

Olivia first found yoga during college, seeking strength and flexibility to complement her ballet and modern dance training. But what started as a fitness hobby soon turned into a much deeper practice. In June 2024, she completed her 200-hour Teacher Training at Sangha Studio in Burlington, Vermont, with co-owners Caitlin Pascucci and Claire Pascal, and she is currently in the process of completing her 50-hour Yin Training online with Bernie Clark and Diana Batts. In Olivia’s classes you can expect to find slower flows with longer, gentle holds and a focus on breath, mindfulness, and relaxation. She strives to create accessible spaces where all feel welcome, because yoga is for everybody. Olivia is also a current graduate student at GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs. She is looking forward to sharing her practice with you!

Rory Monaco

Hi! I’m Rory, and I teach yoga here at George Washington University. For me, yoga is all about finding connection between breath and movement: fostering a sense of mindfulness that you can carry with you off of your mat. I encourage all my students to find a form of movement that feels authentic for them, where they are able to be the best version of themselves and grow towards their goals. When not in the yoga studio, you can find me teaching fourth graders in Arlington, VA (where I subtly teach them yoga flows during our brain breaks!) 

Theresa Hernandez

Theresa Hernandez is a personal trainer, group fitness instructor, and PhD student at The George Washington University, specializing in Sports Business Leadership within Human and Organizational Learning. She brings a holistic approach to health and wellness, empowering clients to build strength, confidence, and sustainable fitness habits. Theresa teaches dynamic classes like Strength-Cardio Fusion, a high-energy mix of functional strength movements and low-impact cardio; and Pilates Fusion, which combines mat Pilates with low-impact cardio for a full-body workout. Dedicated to supporting your fitness journey, Theresa is always available for questions and tips outside of sessions and classes. Connect with her on Instagram @_officialcoachtee_for more fitness inspiration and advice! 

Tim O'Neal

Tim is a second year PhD student in exercise and nutrition at GWU and is passionate about wellness. He is dedicated to delivering inclusive fitness classes. All students can expect high energy, positivity, and encouragement, regardless of their level. Tim teaches barre, TRX, and indoor cycle.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Location

• All classes are held in the Lerner Multipurpose room on the second floor. 
• To find the room:
  • Scan into the entrance gates.
  • Go up the stairs and then turn left.
  • Head down the hallway and you'll see the large studio space to the right.

Access

• Each semester begins and ends with a "free week" for all who have access to the facility to participate in group fitness at no added cost.
• Outside of free week, students must purchase a pass to register and attend fitness classes.
• Community members must either have a president's club membership or purchase a pass to attend. 

Registration

• All participants are required to register for each class before attending. 
• Registration opens three calendar days before each class.
• If you register for a class and are later unable to make it, please unregister to leave room for another participant and help the instructor to have a better idea for class size.
• If you are on the waitlist for a class just a couple hours before it begins, we recommend unregistering and registering for another class.
• If you are still on the waitlist just before class starts and you still want to attend, talk to the instructor a couple minutes before class starts and they will let you know if there is room for you to join.

Arriving at class

• Please arrive early for each class to check-in, grab the necessary equipment, get settled in, and warm-up.
• Check-in to class at the device at the front of the room or with the instructor. 
• If you are unable to arrive early, please ensure that you enter class no more than 5 minutes late.

Please reach out to Matt Laden at matthew [dot] ladengwu [dot] edu with any questions!